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Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas Skittles!

Hello again!!

The base for this is one coat of Sinful Colors Nail Hardener and two to three coats of Zoya Elisa (I smudged a few and had to fix my boo-boos, so some got an extra, band-aid coat.). I love this red--it reminds me of Christmas ball ornaments. It's a nice rich red with red shimmer. Absolute best holiday polish! The gold flakies are one coat of Zoya Gilty.

On my left hand, I attempted a few nail art techniques from the tutorials created by Nailside. These were simple to do, I just need some practice with the freehand holly design! I LOVED the way the tree came out (I used this very helpful tutorial.); it's done with China Glaze Glittering Garland. I topped the tree off with a holo gold star glitter I fished out of a bottle of Wet n' Wild Hollywood Walk of Fame from their Fergie line. On my thumb, I started with a coat of Nyx Algae. Once that was dry, I used Zoya Elisa to create the edge of the leaf design (tutorial here). A white striper polish, and some dots with Zoya Elisa, and ta-da!

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

And now on to my elusive other hand! On my thumb, I stamped the holly leaves from BM-14, first with Glittering
Garland, but it wasn't very opaque, so I stamped it again with Orly
Luxe. I used the end of an un-bent bobby pin to dot on the holly berries
with Orly Star Spangled. My ring finger is simply stamped with Orly Luxe and the bells from plate BM-14. Everything got finished off with a generous coat of fast dry topcoat, I used NYC In a New York Minute.

Oh wow, Jane, thank you so much! I love that your nail art is so cleverly done--I'm very glad you put up the tutorials! I've been waiting for Christmas to try out the tree design. It was simple to do and looks great. Wonderful idea! Merry Christmas to you! ^_^